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VITELLIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: A VITELLIVS GERM IMP AVG TR P, laureate head right
REVERSE: XV VIR SACR FAC Tripod, raven below, dolphin above
Struck at Rome, Apr/Dec 69AD
2.9g, 19mm
RIC 109, BMC 39, S 2201

Next: Another Vitellius

 

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Bing beat me to it. Next coin is another Vitellius.

 

Next coin, an Otho coin (wish I could say an Otho sestertius, but alas - any Otho coin).

 

RImp Lepidus Marc Antony 43 BC AR quinarius 13.9m 1.82g Military mint TransAl Gaul RAVEN pontificate Cr 489-3 Syd 1158a RSC 3 RARE

Next: Another bird, but not an owl, Raven, eagle, or peacock.

 

rooster from Teanum.

next up any coin of Otho

 

Otho Antioch AR 4dr


Next: a coin, real or fake, that often serves as a space filler for something harder to find or afford

 

Well, here is an As of Augustus...





A filler until I get an AEGYPTVS denarius...Next, let's see one of those!

 

AEGYPTO CAPTA denarius of Augustus.

next, a IVDAEA CAPTA coin.

 

Denarius of Vespasian 69-70 A.D. Rv Judaea seated right in attitude of mourning. RIC 2 2.96 grms 19 mm Next coin Titus

 

another spacefiller

 

This one is a space filler and may remain so for a long time:


EGYPT, Alexandria. Augustus
80 drachmai (diobol); 26 mm, 14.2 gm
First series, struck circa 30-28 BC
Obv: bare head right
Rev: eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π to right
Ref: Emmett 1; RPC I 5001

Next: an early coin of Roman Egypt (Augustus through, say, Claudius...)

 

Claudius, AD 41-54.
Billon Tetradrachm, 10.32 gm, 24.0 mm.
Alexandria, AD 46.
Obv: ΤΙ ΚΛΑΥΔΙ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑ ΓΕΡΜΑΝΙ ΑΥΤΟΚΡ, laureate head of Claudius, r.; LϚ (year 6) before.
Rev: ΜΕΣΣΑΛΙΝΑ ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒΑΣ, Messalina standing l., holding children and ears of corn.
Refs: RCV 1869; SGI 495; RPC 5164; BMCG 75; SNG Cologne 88; Milne 106; Emmett 74.

Next: Another early Alexandrian Julio-Claudian.

 

Another early Alexandrian Julio-Claudian.


RI Alexandria Livia, w Augustus Diobol CE 1-2 Æ 23.5mm 7.46g. Rev. Athena holding Nike Sheild ex Dattari-Savio Pl. 3 60-this coin RPC pag. 692-5-this coin RARE

Next: Roman Alexandria Diobol

 

EGYPT, Alexandria. Domitian. Regnal year 10, CE 90/91. Æ diobol (25mm, 10.86 g, 12h). AVT KAICAP ΔΟ ΜΙΤ CEB ΓΕΡΜ, laureate head right / Agathodaemon serpent, wearing the skhent crown (emblematic of upper and lower Egypt), on horseback galloping left; L I (date) below. Köln –; Dattari (Savio) –; K&G 24.109; RPC II 2585; SNG Copenhagen 214; Emmett 277.10 (R5).
Ex Giovanni Maria Staffieri Collection
Ex West Coast/Lloyd Beauchaine Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 41, 19 March 1997), lot 1110
Ex Classical Numismatic Review Vol. XVI, No. 1 (January 1991), lot 31
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts Fall Mail Bid Sale (18 October 1990), lot 2365
Appearances:
Staffieri, Alexandria In Nummis 39 (this coin)
Obverse illustrated in Emmett as the header for the Domitian section, p. 24 (this coin)
Fully illustrated in Emmett, p. 26 (this coin, discussing the unusual reverse).

Next: Roman Alexandrian obol

 

12-Houe Rule! But, but I will stay in the spirit of the last request:

MAKEDON ALEXANDER OBOL


Makedon Alexander III 336-323 BC AR Obol 7mm 0.51g Babylon Lifetime Herakles lion skin Club bow quiver wreath M Price 3744

Next: Babylon

 

next another Babylon

 

Seleukos I
Babylon
Silver Stater
- Baal seated left, holding sceptre in right hand, left hand on throne
Γ - Lion advancing right
Mint: Babylon (ca. 312-305 BC)
Wt./Size/Axis: 16.26g / 22mm / -
References:

• Nicolet-Pierre 7 (pg. 291)

Next - another lion

 

How about a medieval Lion?



Prince-bishopric of Liège, Bishop Jean de Flandre (de Dampierre). AR Esterlin, 1282-1292. Struck in Huy (Hoei).

Next: another long-cross!

 

Edward III AR Groat 4th Coinage Treaty Period Series B2g 1363 AD Calais mint. mm cross potent
26.5mm 4.52g
Obv: +EDWARD DEI G REX ANGL DNS HYB Z AQT; crowned bust of king facing, annulet on breast, annulet stops.
Rev: +POSVI/DEVM A/DIVTOR/EM MEV; VIL/LAC/ALE/SIE. Long cross pattee with pellets in quarters.
SCBC.1619 N.1258

Next: A coin that took a long time (years) to add to your collection

 

MARCUS ANTONIUS
AR Denarius
OBVERSE: ANT AVG III VIR R P C, Praetorian galley, thyrsos behind prow
REVERSE: CHORTIS SPECVLATORVM, three legionary standards
Patrae 32-31 BC
3.52g, 18.mm
Cr544/12; Syd 1214
ex. Marti Classical Numismatics

Next: A coin that is part of a sub-collection